Evil Dead Rise

What’s it about?

After finding a demonic book, a teen accidentally unleashes a demon that possesses his mother’s body. The demon terrorises their family and the occupants of their apartment building over the course of a night.

The facts

• Directed by Lee Cronin
• English language
• Runtime: 96 minutes
• Filmed in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Why did it get this rating?

Horror

The film contains a lot of horror and creates a strong sense of fear throughout. This includes:

• a claustrophobic setting;
• jump scares;
• scary music;
• disturbing things happening to bodies;
• a relentless, seemingly invulnerable, supernatural killer.

People are possessed by an evil force, distorting their appearance and causing them to move like an insect and cough up bugs.

Graphic violence

The violence is over-the-top and very bloody.

Characters are choked, stabbed and dismembered. Weapons include a drone, a cheese grater, a chainsaw and a wood chipper. Possessed characters use their nails to rip out throats, decapitate and stab people. Decapitated heads twitch and even talk.

While wounds and gore are part of aesthetic, they are often obscured by gushing blood. Strong examples include a possessed teen eating glass and a possessed woman biting out a man’s eye.

Offensive language

There is occasional offensive language in the film during moments of threat, including the words “c***”, “f**k”, “s**t” and “b**ch”.

Further information

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